Danny Duffy takes mound as Royals begin four-game series with Detroit

On the television screen inside the visitors’ clubhouse at Progressive Field, a few hours before Kansas City fell to the Indians, a group of Royals watched their chief rivals in the American League Central erase a four-run deficit and set the stage for a division showdown this weekend at Kauffman Stadium.

On the screen, Tigers catcher James McCann completed an improbable, inside-the-park home run.

Salvador Perez narrated the action to a group that included Omar Infante, Alcides Escobar, Paulo Orlando and Yordano Ventura.

“Inside the park,” he said, shaking his head.

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